A year ago, local producers were claiming that they were meeting 30% of demand. Now we are seeing they can only meet 20% of demand. And despite promises from Widam that they would address this issue... where is the progress?...................."Speaking to Qatar Tribune [April 19, 2013] on the sidelines of an event to inaugurate Widam Food’s refurbished automatic abattoirs, in Doha, recently, Widam Food Chairman Sheikh Nayef bin Eid al Thani said, “Widam Food is awaiting official nod to launch a mega poultry project in Qatar. Once the project is implemented, its production can be expected to fully meet Qatar’s requirements for chicken and other poultry products, including eggs.” “If there is enough supply of chicken, then we hope that the prices will also go down,” he said. "
A year ago, local producers were claiming that they were meeting 30% of demand. Now we are seeing they can only meet 20% of demand. And despite promises from Widam that they would address this issue... where is the progress?...................."Speaking to Qatar Tribune [April 19, 2013] on the sidelines of an event to inaugurate Widam Food’s refurbished automatic abattoirs, in Doha, recently, Widam Food Chairman Sheikh Nayef bin Eid al Thani said, “Widam Food is awaiting official nod to launch a mega poultry project in Qatar. Once the project is implemented, its production can be expected to fully meet Qatar’s requirements for chicken and other poultry products, including eggs.” “If there is enough supply of chicken, then we hope that the prices will also go down,” he said. "